{"id":2220683,"date":"2024-04-14T12:44:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T16:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-orgs-press-white-house-candidates-for-debate-commitments-as-biden-delays\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T12:46:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T16:46:39","slug":"news-orgs-press-white-house-candidates-for-debate-commitments-as-biden-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-orgs-press-white-house-candidates-for-debate-commitments-as-biden-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Outlets Urge White House Hopefuls for Debate Confirmations While Biden Waits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnews-orgs-press-white-house-candidates-for-debate-commitments-as-biden-delays%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2220683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-pitches-ai-to-newsrooms-as-tool-to-help-reporters-write-news-stories\/\" title=\"Google offers AI to newsrooms for improved news story writing.\">news\u200c organizations<\/a>\u2064 are urging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to commit to participating in debates for the 2024 presidential campaign. \u200cBoth candidates have secured enough delegates to be the presumptive nominees. The call for commitment was made by a joint statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-greenwald-explains-how-multiple-media-outlets-can-independently-confirm-false-information\/\" title=\"Glenn Greenwald Explains How Multiple Media Outlets Can \u2018Independently Confirm\u2019 False Information\">multiple media outlets<\/a>, emphasizing the importance of debate participation ahead of the election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A group of news organizations are calling on President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to commit to participating in debates during the 2024 presidential campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both Biden and Trump have garnered enough primary delegates to secure their places as the presumptive nominees of their respective parties. The news outlets said in a statement that, while the campaign is still early, both candidates should commit to participating in debates ahead of the November election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWith the contours of the 2024 general election now coming into clear focus, we \u2013 the undersigned national news organizations \u2013 urge the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-12-primaries-what-to-watch-as-biden-and-trump-seek-to-clinch-party-nominations\/\" title=\"March 12 primaries: What to watch as Biden and Trump seek to clinch party nominations\">presumptive presidential nominees<\/a> to publicly commit to participating in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-will-not-allow-mainstream-media-to-moderate-gop-debates\/\" title=\"RNC will not allow mainstream media to moderate GOP debates\">general election debates<\/a> before November\u2019s election,\u201d the joint statement said, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fox-news-outlets-urge-presidential-candidates-publicly-commit-debates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fox News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSince 1988, the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has sponsored all presidential general election debates. The Commission has previously announced dates, times, and eligibility criteria for 2024 debates,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cThough it is too early for invitations to be extended to any candidates, it is not too early for candidates who expect to meet the eligibility criteria to publicly state their support for \u2013 and their intention to participate in \u2013 the Commission\u2019s debates planned for this fall.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A dozen news organizations signed on to the statement: ABC News, The Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News, NBC News, NewsNation, Noticias Univision, NPR, PBS NewsHour, and USA Today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The push to extract commitments from the candidates comes after the Trump campaign last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-campaign-calls-debate-biden-earlier-more-times-2024-04-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued<\/a> a statement calling for more debates to be added to the calendar and for them to take place earlier. The three debates scheduled so far are set to take place on September 16, October 1, and October 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump taunted Biden during a rally on April 2, bringing an empty podium on the stage, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-biden-empty-debate-lectern-wisconsin-rally-rcna144385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NBC News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is for Joe Biden. I am trying to get him to debate,\u201d Trump said, referring to the podium. \u201cTrying to get Crooked Joe to debate. Anytime, anyplace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden has not yet said whether he will participate in any presidential debates. The president\u2019s campaign aides told NBC that Biden would not decide until later in the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden campaign spokesman Michael Tyler responded to Trump\u2019s taunt, calling it a \u201cweak merch play from a guy desperate to avoid talking about how he\u2019s got no cash, no campaign infrastructure, and no answer for how his chaotic, divisive and violent campaign is going to win this November.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTrump said last fall only people who are losing want debates. At least we agree on something,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media outlets urge Biden and Trump to confirm debate participation for the 2024 presidential race. Both secured enough delegates for their party nominations. The organizations emphasized the need for their commitment in a recent statement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2220684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Donald-Trump-Joe-Biden.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Donald-Trump-Joe-Biden.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2220684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}